Doc Peyton Jailed Again in Martinsburg Case
A fugitive since July 4 is accused of assaulting 10 year old Hinzel Johnson of Martinsburg West Virginia. Doc Peyton a known corn doctor is returned to Martinsburg for trial likely in February Circuit Court of Berkeley County. Peyton previously operated in Winchester moving coins from feet with a claimed medicine. A related matter involves a bogus $6 check signed Clarence G Miller paid to S Peyton.
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Hinzel Johnson
John Johnson
Martinsburg
W. Va
Mofftoer
Winchester
Graham Conner
Clarence G. Miller
Peyton
In Memoriam for Father P T Grim
A daughter Lela mourns her father P T Grim who died Jan 26 1921. The verse recalls his absence, longing, and blessings from home and grave. She wishes a heavenly reunion beyond farewell tears.
In Memoriam Florence Lee Feltner
In loving remembrance of my dear sister Florence Lee Feltner who departed this life one month ago. Gone but not forgotten. A precious one from us has gone. A voice we loved is stilled. A place is vacant in our home never to be filled. God in His wisdom has recalled the boon His love has given. The body slumbers here the soul is safe in heaven. By her loving sister Hattie.
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P. T. Grim
Father
Florence Lee Feltner
God
Hattie
Shawnee School District Acquires Valley Pike Frontage and Lot
Trustees report purchase of fifty feet of Valley pike frontage and about one acre of rear of lot No 7, Metz tract Kernstown Virginia for a school building. For information see members of the School Board. J W Richard Clerk 25 61
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Shawnee
Valley Pike
Metz Tract
Kernstown
J. W. Richard
Personal Notes Mention Local Travel and Visits
Mr Samuelson resigned as traveling salesman for Baker and Company and left on a business trip to Richmond Virginia. Mrs Frank Conrad of Leesburg Virginia arrived for a visit to Mrs Holmes Conrad on North Market Street. Mrs Loring A Cover returned to Baltimore after a short visit here. Mr Benner Kelly returned from a trip to eastern cities. Mrs A T Jones left for Washington and her daughter Frances W Jones left for Richmond Virginia. Mr Howard Solenberger left for Baltimore on a business trip. Mrs Ray Robinson returned from Newport News Virginia.
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Samuelson
Baker and Company
Richmond
Frank Conrad
Leesburg, Va
Holmes Conrad
North Market Street
Mr. Benner Kelly
A. T. Jones
Washington
Frances W. Jones
Howard Solenberger
Baltimore
Ray Robinson
Newport News, Va
Umbrella Heist On A Wet Night Aboard A Trolley
A New York Sun retold incident follows Fab McIntosh who finds an umbrella on a trolley and pockets it. The owner, Bob McIntosh, confronts him as the trolley moves and questions how far he will go with the umbrella before the motorman speeds off.
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Fab McIntosh
Bury Eit
Bob McIntosh
New York Sun
Bob
Paddies
Adam and Eve Go Shopping in a Dept Store
A humorous imagining of Adam and Eve wandering a ten story department store. Eve decries the abundance of fabrics and colors while Adam frets over naming everything and jokes about Eden language as they gaze at wools satins silks and muslins. Eve plans to choose fabric colors that would outshine fig leaves.
A Difference in Attitudes Toward Games and Coaching
The piece notes few Americans play games for pleasure, Mandy plays for satisfaction or sport, while editors fiercely defend sports. It cites a college football defeat provoking a critic who laments low trainer pay and a young inexperienced coach, amid debates on school athletic funding.
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United States
Mandy
Christian Science Monitor
Population capacity estimates from Royal Geographic Society
A Royal Geographic Society member estimates global land areas as 28 million fertile square miles, 14 million steppes, and 1 million deserts. Using population densities of 207, 10, and 1 per square mile respectively, he concludes full capacity around 6 billion people, roughly by 2072, noting errors could alter the date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Geographic Society
England
His Different Nature and a Humble Crown Dream
A Birmingham Age-Herald excerpt depicts a solemn man asking his brother if he would wear a golden crown in the afterlife. Mr Peckton replies he would try but fears the conspicuous discomfort of gold cresting his head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Peckton
Birmingham Age-Herald
Sale of Valuable County Real Estate in Frederick County
Special Commissioner will sell at public auction in Winchester Virginia on February 18 1922 at 12 m a 138 acre farm on Front Royal Road at Buffalo Lick Intersection with dwelling barn and outbuildings The sale is in the Miller v Mason case with terms one third cash and balance in two installments secured by deed of trust possession given by April 1 1922 tenant rights reserved Bond by J M Steck as required by law Clerk C G Brannon of the Circuit Court has approved the notice.
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Lela May Miller
Howard B. Mason
Frederick County
Virginia
Court House
Winchester
John M. Steck
R. P. Duvall
J.M. Steck
Early Greek ideas on earth as a sphere and road make use
The fragment notes that Hives of Miletus, around 40 B C, is credited with proposing a spherical earth and recognizing five zones and related geographic concepts. It mentions cinders as useful in road building to prevent sub-base clay from rising. It also includes a humorous line about a bald father asking his mother if he was bald when they married.
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Hives
Miletus
Frank
Daddy
Public Sale of Valuable Property in Frederick County
By decree in a chancery cause of Luthern Virginia a public sale is set for February 16 at eleven in the morning. The farm includes a small house and other property owned by Edgar Marpin Clark and R Luther Lewis and others in Frederick County. Terms require one third cash with the remainder in two equal notes at 8 percent due in one and two years, secured by a deed of trust on the property and insured buildings. Harry R Kern special commissioner will conduct the sale under bond with approved security.
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Virginia
Frederick County
Edgar Marpin
Clark
R. Luther Lewis
Lewis W
Weather Man Francis Galto Pioneered Forecasting
English cousin of Charles D born in 1824 is described as the first real weather man with foresight of sunshin e and weather progress. The account notes his early attempts at charting weather movements using emerging science methods. A chemist reportedly isolates yolk pigment lutein from eggs, a discovery linked to yolk pigments and related to xantho leaves.
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Francis Galto
Charles D
England
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